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joellawtie
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posted 8 Years Ago
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Hey Kirk ,
I would agree with what Davro says.
I tried skinning and even small parts can take 2 weeks to perfect. Like i did my ignition barrel and even that has a fitting issue so doing panel edges would cause a lot of issues and if you want it as a demo car would you really want scuffed carbon etc?
If you are starting carbon parts / skinning as a company service you better have a lot of time and patience and the best of conditions for letting the epoxy cure.
any moisture in your garage will ruin the coat i have first hand experience with this and it's devastating.
You say about wanting to do skinning instead of infusion and prepreg because of cost but skinning parts will never be as good quality and infusion/prepreg and if i was running a business quality is everything.
If you did get into making molds you can get into pattern making and then your demo car could have custom made body parts exclusive to that car and your company.
I will be doing a full carbon makeover of my car when i have the time away from work and ill be doing it with infusion.
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Hi fasta will u be a your unit tomorrow
And I'll pop in ?
Cheers graham
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I'll be there first thing in the morning hour or so from 9am.
40 deg C public holiday, too hot for work.
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Cool see u at 9 am I forget it's a holiday
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That duratec tec sun sheid is great look at the finish
Thanks fasta for giving me some to try
How long dose it take to dry It still seams
Tacky but hard if u no what I mean
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Assuming the catalyst was the right one then it should be ok overnight to sand.
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Just the mekp one I used from kirkside
Is that the right one Fasta.
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The MEKP from Kirkside will work fine mate.
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Yes it dryed and jeso it's easy to flatten back. great product
Has any one tryed kbs Dimond clear coat
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